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Bhatala-Bhadravati, ten miles north of Warora in the Central Provinces; the capital of
Raja Yuvanasa of the Jaimini-Bharata. Bhatga on-Bhaktapura, the former capital of Nepal. Bhat-kuli-It has been identified with Bhojakatapura, in the Amaraoti district of Berar,
containing a temple of Rukmini (Indian Antiquary, vol. LII, (1923), p. 263). See
Bhojapur. Bhavan See Bavan. Bheraghat-Bhrigu-tirtha, twelve miles west of Jabbalpur. Bhils&Bidiša in Malwa. It was the capital of ancient Dasarņa. The Bhilsa topes are
supposed by Fergusson to belong to a period ranging from 250 B.C. to 79 A.D. Bhime-The river 1. Bhîmarathi. 2. Chandrabhågå, a branch of the Krishna. It is also
called Bhimaratha. Bhimasankara-Dakini, at the source of the Bhima, north-west of Poona. Bhinmala-Srimala of the Skanda Purana, fifty miles west of Mount Abu. Bhojapur-1. The name was indiscriminately applied to both the capitals of ancient Bidarbha.
namely Kundinapura and Bhojakatapura (compare the Harivamsa and the Raghuvamsay. Bhojapura, containing the celebrated to pes known by the name of Pipaliya Bijoli Topes, six miles to the south-east of Bhilsa in the kingdom of Bhopal, was the ancient Bhojakatapura founded by Rukmi, the brother of Rukmini, beyond the Nerbuda, - after he was defeated by Krishna. See Bhat-kull. 2. Near Dumraon, in the district of Shaha. bad in the province of Bengal. Raja Dulpat of Bhojapura (near Dumraon), who was a descendant of the ancient Rajas of Ujjain in Malwa, was defeated and imprisoned by Akbar, and when he was set at liberty on the payment of an enormous sum, he again took up arms and continued to rebel against Jahangir till Bhojapura was sacked, and his successor Raja Pertap was executed by Shah Jahan, while the Râni was forced to marry a Muhammadan courtier (Blochmann's Notes from Mahomedan Historians on Chutia Nagpur, Pachet and Palamau in JASB., 1871, p. 11; Ain-i-Akbari, vol. I, p. 513). Jayadeo Shah emigrated from Ujjayini and established himself at Bhojapura : he had three sons, Deo, Dulla and Pertap. Dulla (of Dulpat of Blochmann) was the ancestor of the Rajas of Dumraon. The Nava-ratna, evidently a Mahomedan structure, is the only ancient
building at this place. Bhojapura Hills-1. Nichai-giri of Kalidasa's Meghaduta. 2. Nichaksha, which is a low
range of hills to the south of Bhilsa, in the kingdom of Bhopal, extending up to Bhojapura. Bhokardhan- Bhogavardhana, in Aurangabad of the Nizam's dominions, on the western boundary of Berar (Markandeya Purana, ch.57 ; Indian Antiquary, vol. LII (1923),
p. 263). Bhootan-1. Bhotanga. 2. Bhotanta. Bhopala See Bhupala. Bhupåla--The kingdom of Bhupala or Bhopala was the ancient. 1. Daśârņa. 2. Bho
ja pala : its ancient capitals were Chaityagiri and Bidisa. Bhopala is a contraction of
Bhojapala, a name said to have been derived from Raja Bhoja of Dhår. Bhuvanesvar-1. Ek&mrakanana. 2. Harakshetra. 3. Kalinga-nagari. 4. Gupta-kasi in
Orissa : it was founded by Raja Yayati Kesari in the latter part of the fifth century. Bland-1. Sripatha. 2. Pathayampuri of the inscriptions, in Rajputana, ninety miles east
of Jaipur. BlasSame as Beas. Blhar-I. 1. Magadha. 2. Kikata. Its ancient capital was Girivraja or Rajagpiha
(Rajgir) at the time of the Mahabharata, but the seat of government was removed to Påtaliputra by Udayaáva, grandson of Ajatasatrų. II. The town of Bihar in the district
